i have a hard time believing someone is truly a music lover when they pigeonhole themselves from entire genres.
rap isnt music! its just a beat and a horny black guy.
What i like is mainly metal, a little bit of rock and other random stuff from various places.
Ill Nino would have to be my favourite band. Godsmack r good, NIN-"hurt" quite possibly the best nine inch nails song!, Killswitch Engage (the end of heartache), Mindless Self Indulgence, Seether, Avenged Sevenfold, Coheed and Cambria, Slipknot, Flyleaf, Shinedown, Trivium, Alterbridge, Nonpoint, Saliva.... i could go on... but i'll stop the list before it gets too long

Imogen Heap is good- esp. Hide and Seek. i can listen to that song on repeat for
hours...days!
Silverchair...tho they now have gone..
.weird. I've always loved Creed, but their final album was crap, im talking about old school creed. My Own Prison etc.